Definitely a tough road...but I've gotten past the point of just being happy getting to a postseason tourney. Now I'm determined (as much as I can as a fan) to get to the championship game and win.
Here's how I see it. We play a close game against Clemson...we all know the first game is the hardest to get by (ex: Big XII tourney).
After that first round win, I see us facing Mizzou and assuming we play that at home, it'll be a team we've faced at home and won. Again, another tough game, considering it's a team we've beat and they'll be hungry to end it for us at our house.
Then we move on to face Notre Dame who squeaks by St. Joe's. We'll be streaking by this point, and will hit ND hard and will pull away late.
The famous Hoosiers await us in the "Final Four" and this will be the toughest game we've faced all year. With a national audience and our young team, we'll start slow, but kick it in to gear early in the second half (similar to our early second half explosions). We'll get a big enough lead to hold on late.
Then comes the big game, Maryland. Being that they feel like they deserved to be in the Big Dance (with wins against Duke), they'll come out strong, but we'll hold on as hard as we can to stay close. With some late mistakes by Maryland, we'll take advantage and win in a very very very close game. Two late free throws will put it away and a missed shot at the end by Maryland will give us the victory.
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That's my optimistic view into my crystal ball. Let's see how true it holds...
